Flintpope has announced the release of Tension Collision, a collection of 81 atmospheric sounds designed for Ableton’s flagship Tension and Collision instruments.

This is a combined pack of dynamic presets for electro-acoustic and ambient arrangements that will drive your sound creation. This pack also includes a further 52 SAMPLER/SIMPLER presets based on these sounds making a total of 133 new presets.

Regarding the samples, don’t just expect plucked string sounds and marimbas – expect a range of dark ambient textures reworked utilising SIMPLER and SAMPLER’S sound morphing tools and a bundled set of FX. Each of the 52 sampled racks features easy-access controls mapped to Attack, Release, Filter Frequency, Filter Resonance, LFO Shape, High Gain, Delay and Reverb.

Tension Collision features

  1. CINEMATIKA for Ableton Tension.
    “An abandoned cinema, footsteps, voices. Sounds in the back of your head. Who’s there? Snatches of Archaos metallika playing in a tunnel somewhere.” Flintpope have created 45 scratchy, grainy new Ableton Tension presets for cinematic/ambient/sound-design writers. Don’t just think cinema, think indie cinema. Bonus SIMPLER version of 36 of these presets included.
  2. COLLISIONS for Ableton Collision.
    A set of 36 new presets for Ableton’s Collision Instrument that explore the noisier side of the machine. From presets Vinylchurch to Petrol Pizzicato experiment with the darker side of sound design. Bonus SAMPLER version of 16 of these presets included.

Tension Collision for Ableton Live 9.5 Suite is available for purchase for $9.99 USD.

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